🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

虚假自信

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xūjiǎ zìxìn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
False-confidence/ˌfɔːls ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这种暂时的优势给了他们虚假自信。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A state of assurance or certainty that is not grounded in actual competence, evidence, or reality, often leading to poor judgment or failure.

    "His early success in the market gave him a dangerous sense of false-confidence."
  2. 2

    An unearned belief in one's abilities or the security of a situation, frequently masking underlying vulnerabilities.

    "The defensive team's initial stops bred a false-confidence that cost them the game later."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the Middle English adjective 'false' (from Old French 'fals', ultimately from Latin 'falsus', meaning deceptive or erroneous) and the noun 'confidence' (from Latin 'confidentia', from 'confidere', meaning to have firm trust). The compound term emerged in psychological and philosophical discourse to describe an unjustified or illusory state of certainty.

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